November 30th - Feast of St. Andrew

St. Andrew is the patron saint of several countries including Scotland, Greece, Romania and Russia.  The apostle was the younger brother of St. Peter.  After Christ's death Andrew is said to have preached the gospel to people along the Black Sea and Dnieper river as far north as Kiev.  There is also a tradition that he founded the See of Byzantium in 38 AD.  He was martyred by crucifixion in Patras.  There is speculation that Andrew was on an X shaped cross which became the basis of the St. Andrew's Cross which appears on the flag of Scotland and in England's Union Jack.

Ahnentafel #163 - Elizabeth Denny

Elizabeth Denny

Born: ca. 1750
Died: Unknown

Buried:

Married: Priddy Meeks in 1772

Census: 
1810 - Kentucky, Hardin Co. age ca. 60 living with Priddy and three daughters probably Rebecca, Patsy and Mary.  The family has two slaves.

1820 - Kentucky, Hart Co., age ca. 70 living with Priddy, there are five male slaves and five female slaves and five people engaged in agriculture.

Ahnentafel #162 - Priddy Meeks

Priddy Meeks 

Born: 1746 Allen's Creek, Hanover Co., Virginia
Died:

Buried:

Married: 1772 Elizabeth Denny in North Carolina

Occupation: farmer

Census:
1790 - not found on census

1800 - not found on census, on Hardin Co., KY tax list as Ridey

1810 - Kentucky, Hardin Co.  age 64 Priddy and Elizabeth, three daughters and two slaves

1820 - Kentucky, Hart Co. Priddy age 74 living with Elizabeth and 10 slaves

1830 - not found on census as head of household 

Ahnentafel #160 - (--?--) Butler, ver. 2

(--?--) Butler

Looking for this guy in South Carolina and Virginia.

Marriages:
A John Butler md. Mary Thacker before the American Revolution.  She was ca. 98 in 1837 and made a deposition that she married John Butler in Hanover County many years before the war.  He died in Hanover County.

A good possibility is: 

1. Enoch Butler b. 1765 VA, d. 1837, Hart Co., KY

1a. John Butler b. 1796 SC d. 1854 md. 1) Mary A. Clagett, md. 2) (--?--)

1a1. Henry C. Butler

1a2. Minor E. Butler

1a3. Charles W. Butler b. 5/1/1831 Hart Co., KY, moved to Grayson Co 1851, moved to Breckinridge Co. 1856 & Ohio Co. 1866.  Md. Anne E. Stone 2/13/1855.  

Ahnentafel #158 - Seth Foster

Seth Foster

Still working on verifying this guy.

Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown - a Seth Foster married Anne King in Prince George Co., VA on Aug. 7, 1785.  Not sure he is our man.

Records:
1782 - Halifax Co., VA tax rolls - Seth Foster not listed

1785 - Halifax Co., VA tax rolls - an Ambrose Foster is listed, 11 whites, 3 dwellings and 1 other building.

1790 - Stafford Co., VA - a Seth Foster appears on the census with 7 whites, 1 dwelling

1791 - Bourbon Co., KY - a Seth Foster is on the tax rolls. 

Children:
Hester 

November 20th - Feast of St. Edmund

King Edmund of East Anglia from 855 to his death on November 20, 869.  Very little is known about Edmund.  He was killed in battle with the Great Heathen Army aka Vikings led by Ragnar Lodbrok's sons.  A church was built in Bury St. Edmunds in 1095 and Edmund's relics were moved there.  It became one of the most famous pilgrimage destinations in England. During the middle ages St. George replaced Edmund as the patron saint of England.

Ahnentafel #157 - Esther Harper

Esther Harper

Born: ca. 1750
Died:

Buried: Unknown

Married: ca. 1773 John Tipton Hunt

Records:
1790 Shenandoah Co., VA census -  John Hunt household with seven people.

Children:
Absalom
Mary
Deborah
Abraham

Ahnentafel #156 - John Hunt (again)

John Tipton Hunt, Sr.

Born: Baltimore, MD, August 13, 1735
Died: Fleming Co., KY, November 7, 1807

Buried: Crain Cemetery, Fleming Co., Kentucky

Married: 1) Mary Overall ca. 1761 & 2) Esther Harper ca. 1773

Records:
1790 - Virginia, Shenandoah Co. census - John Hunt family 7 whites and 0 blacks. 

1800 - Kentucky, Fleming Co. tax list 

Children with Esther Harper:
Absalom 
Mary b. 1776, d. 1828 md. William Denton
Deborah b. 1779, d. 1812
Abraham b. 1784, d. 1851

Ahnentafel #155 - Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Harper Smith

Born: ca. 1745
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: 1765 James Denton in Shenandoah Co., VA

Children:
Ann
Mary
Sarah
Abraham
William
Martha

Ahnentafel #154 - James Denton, ver. 2

James Denton

Born: 1735 Orange Co., New York
Died: 1834 Fleming Co., Kentucky

Buried: Unknown

Married:  1765 Elizabeth Harper Smith in Shenandoah Co., VA

Occupation: probably a farmer

Military:
Three James Denton's in U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1798-1914.  The most possible is the second one listed:

James Denton, private, U.S. Infantry, Company Commander Capt. Woodruff or Moore, Orders Pass Christian, Sept. 1, 1812, transferred to Capt. McClelland's Co., Capt. McClellan's Co. Book 1812/15, present Nov. 1 / 1812, discharged 1813

November 11th - Feast of St. Martin of Tours

Also known as Martinmas originated in France then spread through Europe and to England.  It is a celebration of the harvest and began a period of fasting of three days per week or 56 days through Epiphany.  Today we call this period Advent. 

It has traditionally been celebrated by eating goose because St. Martin of Tours hid in a goose pen to avoid being ordained bishop.  Butchering of beef and hogs was part of the activities surrounding Martinmas.  The feast was somewhat like the American Thanksgiving and included bonfires.  

Ahnentafel #153 - Mary Overall

Mary Overall

Born: March 19, 1731
Died: ca. 1772

Buried:  Unknown

Married:  John Tipton Hunt, Sr. ca. 1761

Children:
Lewis
John Tipton
William
Reuben
Winnifred
Sarah

November

Fall harvest of acorns which were used to fatten pigs. 

November 1st - Feast of All Saints

All Saints Day, All Hallows Day or Hallowmas is a veneration of all the saints, martyred or otherwise that have gone before.  In England the day corresponds with an earlier Celtic festival called Samhain which venerates the dead.  It was generally celebrated beginning with a vigil held on October 31st which has morphed into Halloween or All Hallows Eve.

The Litany of the Saints is recited communally.

Lord have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Christ hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

Ahnentafel #152 - John Hunt, ver. 2

John Tipton Hunt, Sr.

Born: Baltimore, MD, August 13, 1735
Died: Fleming Co., KY, November 7, 1807

Buried: Crain Cemetery, Fleming Co., Kentucky

Married: 1) Mary Overall ca. 1761 & 2) Esther Harper ca. 1773

Records:
1790 - Virginia, Shenandoah Co. census - John Hunt family 7 whites and 0 blacks. 

1800 - Kentucky, Fleming Co. tax list

Ahnentafel #150 - William Coomer, ver. 3

William Coomer 

Born: ca. 1770
Died: after 1850 in Adair Co., KY

Buried: ?

Married: by 1795 Susanna Beasley aka Sukea

Occupation: farmer

Ahnentafel #149 - Catherine (--?--)

Catherine (--?--)

Born: ca. 1774
Died: after 1820

Buried: Unknown

Married: ca. 1789 Robert Beasley probably in North Carolina, no marriage record found yet.  She may have been a Cook.  In her husband's will he names "my brother Benjamin Beazley and James Cook" to be his executors.  It is possible that James Cook is a brother to Catherine or Robert's cousin or uncle on his mother's side. 

October 25th - Feast of St. Crispin & St. Crispinian

There are two stories concerning St. Crispin & St. Crispinian.

The first states that Sts. Crispin and Crispinian were Roman noble brothers, possibly twins, martyred ca. 286 after fleeing to Soissons, Gaul and preaching the gospel.  They worked as cobblers to support themselves and care for the poor not unlike St. Paul who mended net. While in Gaul Rictus Varus governor of Belgic Gual had them tortured and thrown into the river with millstones round their necks.  

The second story indicates that they were Romans living in Caterbury, England after their father was murdered for annoying the emperor.  They were sent to London, but stopped in Faversham where they took up the cobbler trade.  

St. Crispin's Day is most famous for the three battles which happened to take place on that day; 1) Agincourt 1415, 2) Battle of Balaclava 1854 and 3) Battle of Leyte Gulf 1944.

Ahnentafel #148 - Robert Beasley

Robert Beasley / Beazley

Born: 1768 Caroline Co., Virginia
Died: between September 19, 1810 and March 1811

Buried: Unknown

Married: Catherine (--?--) ca. 1789 probably in North Carolina, no marriage record located yet. 

Immigration: ca. 1785 Robert moved to Surry Co., North Carolina with his parents.  Stokes County was created out of eastern half of Surry in 1789.  Most likely the family didn't "move" to Stokes County.

Occupation: farmer

Ahnentafel #144 - Henry Dove

Henry Dove

This man existed.  Not sure if he is John Dove's grandfather. He's in the right place at the right time. 

Born: 1765
Died: ?

Married: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Occupation:  probably a farmer

Military: no known military service found to date